Intruder Frightened Off By Resident

March 12, 1985

BOYNTON BEACHLAKE WORTH — A resident in the 400 block of Northeast 14th Avenue returned home at about 1 p.m. Sunday and found a stranger in his house, according to a police report. After being confronted, the intruder ran, police said.A North L Street house was burglarized Sunday, according to a police report.

A $400 microwave oven and $400 foot-powered dental drill were taken taken, police said. One member of the family takes classes in dental hygiene, police said.

The burglar tried to enter the residence by removing jalousie panes from the front door, but it had been sealed shut with silicon, police said.

Police sais they think the burglar entered through a window.

GAS GRILL STOLEN FROM BACK YARD OF HOUSE

A $251 gas grill was stolen early Sunday from a back yard on Fifth Avenue North, police said. The grill`s owner was asleep at the time of the theft, police said.Stereo equipment and assorted jewelry were reported stolen from an apartment in the 600 block of Northwest 13th Street over the weekend.

Someone broke into the apartment by prying open a sliding glass door sometime between 3 p.m. Sunday and 2 a.m. Monday, according to the police report.

A stereo receiver valued at $300, a cassette player valued at $400, a watch valued at $1,000 and a bracelet valued at $500 were among items reported taken from the home.

GUN STOLEN FROM HOME ON PELICAN POINT COVE

Someone broke into a home in the 700 block of Pelican Point Cove over the weekend and removed a handgun and several items of jewelry, according to a police report.

The home was entered by cutting and removing a window pane sometime between 5:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. Sunday, the report said.

Once inside, the burglar unsuccessfully attempted to break open a floor safe stored in the corner of a closet, according to the report.

A handgun valued at $300, a gold bracelet valued at $2,500, a gold charm valued at $2,600 and $1,000 in cash were among the items reported stolen from the home.Jewelry worth more than $16,700 was stolen Saturday from a home in the 9200 block of Old Pine Road, west of Boca Raton.

Between 5 and 8:15 p.m., someone pried open a sliding glass door and ransacked the master bedroom, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff`s Office report.

Stolen were a $6,000 diamond Rolex watch, a $5,600 diamond ring, a pair of $2,500 diamond earrings, a $2,200 gold watch and other valuables, the report said.

CLOTHING STOLEN FROM SHADOWOOD PLAZA STORE

About $5,000 in dresses, pants and shirts was stolen Friday from the Charles Cardier Boutique in Shadowood Plaza at 9889 Glades Road, west of Boca Raton.

A plaza employee told deputies that he walked past the shop at 7:20 a.m. and noticed its glass door was shattered, according to a Sheriff`s Office report. The employee said the door had been intact when he strolled by the boutique at 6:45 a.m., the report said.

The store`s owner reponded and verified that about $5,000 in clothing was stolen, the report said.

2 RESIDENTS OF CASABELLA LANE REPORT BREAK-INS

Two more homes on Casabella Lane, west of Boca Raton, reported thefts of televisions and other valuables Friday, raising the street`s burglary total to three in two days.

Items worth $1,545 were stolen from a home in the 6300 block between 7:10 and 11 p.m. Friday, according to a Sheriff`s Office report. Someone climbed through a master bedroom window and grabbed jewelry, $200 cash, and two television sets, reports said.

In a break-in in the 6400 block, burglars pried open a sliding glass door and stole two color televisions sometime before 7:30 p.m., reports said. They also stole a 1977 yellow Oldsmobile Cutlass, which was later recovered.

These burglaries were reported a day after a break-in in the 6300 block, in which thieves grabbed a color television set and $60 cash while residents slept.